Maryland House Bill 451 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-25 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.

Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019

Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Tony Bridges [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]
Sen. Sara Love [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-25	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2019-02-18	House	Hearing canceled
2019-01-31	House	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-31	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0451?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0451f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb0451.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0451_ent.pdf